C63020 Bronze vs. C27200 Brass
Both C63020 bronze and C27200 brass are copper alloys. They have 64% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C63020 bronze and the bottom bar is C27200 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.8 | |
| 10 to 50 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 600 | |
| 230 to 320 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1020 | |
| 370 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 740 | |
| 150 to 410 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 230 | |
| 130 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1070 | |
| 920 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1020 | |
| 870 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 40 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 20 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 24 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 58 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 390 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 63 | |
| 30 to 270 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 2320 | |
| 110 to 810 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.0 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 34 | |
| 13 to 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 | |
| 14 to 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 35 | |
| 12 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 10 to 11 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 74.7 to 81.8 | |
| 62 to 65 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 4.0 to 5.5 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.2 to 6.0 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 34.6 to 38 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |